There is always something good somewhere, even in hard times, even in hard lives. "Stop to smell the flowers" has become a cliche, but we said it so much because it's useful.
In Taoist and Buddhist traditions they have the concept of the yin and yang, which are depicted always having a tiny spot of their opposite inside. Like the good in Darth Vader (lol, sorry, I'm such a geek I couldn't resist.) Heathen philosophy doesn't put this concept so starkly in a visual symbol, but in our mythology the entire universe was generated out of the dynamic combination of two opposites, the runes fehu (primal fire) and isa (primal ice.) So everything we see around us is both matter and energy, both power and pattern, both potential and the universal laws of physics that make potential reach its physically manifested form.
Images and memes traditionally associated with Imbolc are showing up on social media now, as they do every year. I enjoy seeing the hearty crocus push through the snow, the candle illuminating a frozen landscape, and the dormant seed waiting underground to burst forth into life. All of these symbols and motifs encourage the weary heart that the cold, dark days are ending.
Jamie
Mr. Posch,One major thing I can't forgive Falwell for, is his response to 9/11.We Pagans were the first people he blamed.
"You helped this happen", ...
Jamie
Mr. Posch,Prime Minister Trudeau's blackface indiscretions of yesteryear notwithstanding, I think the Canadian people are lucky to have him as a leade...
Jamie
Mr. Posch,That may be satire, but I'll bet solid money that plenty of letters got sent by angry, pro-slavery, Christian white folks. Those letters wer...
Anthony Gresham
Kroger used to have a super foods salad made of chopped kale, blueberries and cashews. I think they had something else in there as well besides the d...
